Analysis of McDonald Observatory Data on the Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter

作为美国国家科学基金会资助的关于1994年7月苏梅克-列维9号彗星撞击木星的后续研究的一部分，普赖尔博士建议用德克萨斯大学麦克唐纳天文台的望远镜分析、建模并存档这次事件的数据。特别是，来自科罗拉多大学和德克萨斯大学的Pryor博士和他的团队成员将详细分析由彗星碎片r撞击产生的火球的红外和CCD成像和光谱数据。此外，他们将检查来自碎片F， U和V撞击的数据，以寻找火球或羽流的证据。目标是确定撞击碎片在木星大气中的分布；物质的来源（彗星或木星）；撞击对木星平流层垂直风、纬向风和经向风的影响；材料的最终破坏过程；以及在撞击地点积聚的平流层水的数量。**

95-26313 Pryor As part of NSF-funded follow-up studies of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter in July 1994, Dr. Pryor proposes to analyze, model, and archive data obtained of the event with the telescopes of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory. In particular, Dr. Pryor and his team members, both at the University of Colorado and the University of Texas, will analyze in detail the infrared and CCD imaging and spectroscopy data of the fireball that resulted from the impact of comet fragment R. Furthermore, they will examine the data from the impacts of fragments F, U, and V for evidence of fireballs or plumes. The goal is to determine the distribution of impact debris in the Jovian atmosphere; the origin of the material (cometary or Jovian); the impacts' effects on the vertical, zonal, and meridional winds in the Jovian stratosphere; the ultimate destruction processes of the material; and the amount of stratospheric water that accumulated over the impact sites. **